Published: March 30, 2026
Are you looking for some fun classes to take this upcoming semester? We have you covered. Here is a list of fun classes that stick out of the University of Southern Maine course catalog for undergraduate students:
Recreation:
- Yoga and Nutrition (REC 190)
- A recipe for transformation through yoga, meditation, and healthy nutrition. This course combines mindful eating with in-depth reflection for personal education, stress release, and body movements to create a balanced life.
- Credits: 3
STEM:
- Game Design 1 (GDS 100)
- Introduction to the history, concepts, strategies and methodologies of game theory and game, simulation and interactive development. This is a hands-on course where students learn the history and theories of gaming while developing and making board games, role playing card games, and a simple video game using Scratch or other software created to introduce programming and design concepts. No coding experience is required.
- Credits: 3
History:
- Chinese Thought: Confucianism, Daoism, and Zen Buddhism (HTY 337)
- Prior to the modern era, the Chinese interpreted their world through traditional idea systems, the most prominent of which were Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. This course will explore these traditions: their assumptions and values, their varieties and internal tensions, and their relationships to the larger social system.
- Credits: 3
Social Sciences:
- On Bullshit (CMS 497)
- Description: This seminar explores the concept “bullshit”. It asks what does the concept “bullshit” means to people, how do we decide that something is bullshit, and what sorts of questions can we ask about bullshit that we can empirically study? There is reason to believe that “bullshit” is an important concept, with connections to far-reaching, important parts of our lives, e.g., how we reason and make judgements.
- Credits: 3
Art:
- Acting for Non-Majors (THE 102)
- This course will introduce students to theatre through the eyes of the performer. Students will gain a basic understanding of theatre as a performing art through lecture, discussion, and performance of scenes. Improvisational exercises, relaxation techniques, and character analysis strategies will be included. Students will also attend campus and area theatrical productions and be required to write critical reviews of the performances.
- Credits: 3
Music:
- Devils, Dwarves, and Dragons (MUS 226)
- This course will consider anti-Semitism in music from multiple perspectives including that of the performer, composer and audience member. Students will analyze works from musical, cultural, and ethical perspectives to understand how they were performed and perceived.
- Credits: 3
Literature:
- Medieval Woman Writers (ENG 353)
- This course focuses on women writing in various discursive milieux during the long period between the third and the sixteenth centuries. Writers include literate nuns, female courtly love lyricists, laywomen mystics, the first professional woman writer Christine de Pizan, and women dramatists. Non-English texts will be read in modern translation.
- Credits: 3
Language
- Beginning Wabanaki Language 1 (WAB 101)
- This beginning course in a Wabanaki language stresses the acquisition of cultural information and introduces the student to the four skills of language learning: listening comprehension, reading, speaking, and writing.
- Credits: 4
